Corset.



PATENTED AUG. 11', 190 3.

N. TEMPLE.

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APPLICATION FILED 001215, 1902.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,843, dated August11, 1903. Application filed October 15. 1902. Serial No. 127,407, (Nomodel.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NETTIE TEMPLE, a citi'-- zen of the United States,residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corsets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and contemplates theprovision of a corset having spaces between the upper por-- tions andlower portions of its sections at the back and independent lacesconnecting the same, whereby said upper and lower portions may beindependently fitted to the upper and lower parts, respectively, of thebody, and

also having straps connected to its sections junction with theaccompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a rear elevation bodying my invention as the sameappears when open, and Fig. 2 a detail transverse section taken in theplane indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both viewsof the drawings, referring to which- A B are the sections of my improvedcorset, which are provided with the ordinary or any approved means forconnecting their forward edges together, and O D are the upper and lowerindependent adjustable laces, which extend through eyelets a, providedin the sections A B, and are designed to be tied in the conventionalmanner.

E is a strap formed integral with or connected to the section B at apoint between the upper and lower connections 0 Dt'. e., at thewaist-line of the corset-and F is a strap formed integral with orconnected to the section A at a similar point and extending through avertical slot 1) in the section B.

of a corset em These straps E F are of a length to extend around to thefront of the corset, and one of them is provided with a buckle 0,designed to receive and'hold the other. While I prefer to employ thebuckle c, it is obvious that any other means may beemployed forconnecting the straps E F without involving a departure from the scopeof my invention. The rear edge portions of the sections A and B are cutaway above and below the straps E F, as indicated by d, this in order toform spaces a between said rear edge portions.

It will be readily appreciated from the foregoing that the upper andlower portions of my improved corset may be independently fitted to theupper and lower parts, respectively, of the body and that after thecorset is placed on the bodythe waist portion thereof may be readilydrawn in to the extent desired and secured in such condition, and thiswithout interfering with the upper and lower connections 0 D. The spacese between the upper and lower rear edge portions of the sections A and Bpermit of a great range of adjustment between the upper portions of saidsections and also between the lower portions thereof. From this itfollows that a small waist may be produced without unduly crowding andrendering uncomfortable the bust and abdominal portions of the body,which is an important advantage; also, that the upper and lower portionsof the sections A B may be nicely fitted to the upper and lower portionsof the body notwithstanding the production of the small waist.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A corset comprising two sections having waist-line straps on theirrear edges, eyelets disposed adjacent to said edges and at intervalsbetween the waist-line straps and the upper end of the corset, andeyelets disposed adjacent to the rear edges and at intervals between thewaist-line straps and the lower end of thecorset; one of the sectionsalso having a vertical slot for the passage of the strap on the other,an upper lace passed through the upper eyelets and connecting thesections at intervals between the waist-line straps and the upper end ofthe corset, and a lower lace passed through the lower eyelets,

and connecting the sections at intervals between the waist-line strapsand the lower end of the corset.

2. The herein-described corset consisting essentially of the sectionshaving waist-line straps on their rear edges, open spaces e, betweensaid edges, extending from the waistline straps to the ends of thecorset, eyelets disposed adjacent to said edges and at intervals betweenthe Waist-line straps and the lower end of the corset; one of thesections also having a vertical slot for the passage of the strap on theother, an upper lace passed through the upper eyelets, and connectingthe sections at intervals between the Waistline straps and the upper endof the corset, and a lowerlacc passed through the lower eyelets, andconnecting the sections at intervals between the waist-line straps andthe lower end of the corset.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witmesses.

NETTIE TEMPLE.

Witnesses:

J. W. GILGERT, C. F. JOHNSTON.

